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title: Install pictool on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of pictool for Linux - command line program for
  manipulating and altering images
url: https://snapcraft.io/pictool
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# pictool

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latest/stable 0.0.1+git41.f298f6a

Install latest/stable of pictool

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install pictool
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* pictool

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### License

* GPL-3.0+

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### Last updated

* 12 March 2025 - latest/stable
* 26 July 2025 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [github.com/toabctl/pictool](https://github.com/toabctl/pictool "https://github.com/toabctl/pictool")

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* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/pictool#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/pictool#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/pictool#tab-security)

#### command line program for manipulating and altering images

pictool is a command line program for manipulating and altering images.
It's mostly useful for image metadata manipulation.
Here's the currently available commands:

```
$ pictool  -h
usage: pictool [-h]
               {md-tag-list,image-region-add,image-region-remove,gps-set,gps-get,location-set,face- normalize,gps-get-from-query} ...

Working with images and image metadata

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

sub-command help:
  {md-tag-list,image-region-add,image-region-remove,gps-set,gps-get,location-set,face-normalize,gps-get-from-query}
    md-tag-list         List all metadata tags for the given picture(s)
    image-region-add    Add image metadata region to the given picture(s)
    image-region-remove
                        Remove image metadata region
    gps-set             Modify GPS data for the given picture(s). This does not set the GPS data if the picture(s) already contains GPS data.
    gps-get             Show GPS location
    location-set        Set location info based on the available GPS data for the given picture(s). This sets tags like Iptc.Application2.CountryCode
    face-normalize      Normalize faces from images and store results in new images
    gps-get-from-query  Get the GPS coords from a given (address) query. This command does *not* use any picture(s). It is just a helper.It uses the nominatim service from openstreetmap
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## Install pictool on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/pictool/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/pictool/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/pictool/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/pictool/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/pictool/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/pictool/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/pictool/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/pictool/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/pictool/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/pictool/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/pictool/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/pictool/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/pictool/raspbian)